National,Bank & Insurance
Bangladesh’s external debt rose to USD 104,487 million in 2024, up from USD 101,371 million the previous year, driven by higher interest payments despite a slowdown in fresh disbursements, according to the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2025 published last week. The country ...
National,Politics
BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday (December 09, 2025) rejected allegations that the party created fake voters and made Bangladesh the ‘champion of corruption’ during its tenure, calling the claims politically motivated and factually incorrect.Speaking at the inau...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (December 09, 2025) distributed the Begum Rokeya Padak 2025 among four distinguished women in recognition of their contributions to women’s education and rights, human rights and women’s awakening.The Chief Adviser handed over the awards ...
National,Business & Commerce,Country, Districts
A deepening bottleneck at the Benapole-Petrapole trade gateway has stranded about 150 export-bound trucks loaded with betel nuts worth an estimated Tk 100 crore, exposing Bangladesh’s second-largest betel-nut industry to mounting financial risk as delays stretch into a second month.Exporters s...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday (December 09, 2025) said his party is ready to lead a fresh strong and comprehensive drive against corruption if voted to power as graft has become deeply rooted in Bangladesh and continues to disrupt the daily lives of millions of people.“Fighting...
Workers of a garment factory staged a demonstration in front of PN Composite Ltd at Ambagh in Konabari, Gazipur on Tuesday (December 09, 2025), protesting the sudden closure of the factory.“The authorities hung a closure notice on the main gate on Monday evening. When workers arrived for duty ...
National,City,Art& Culture
Students of Dhaka College and Ideal College clashed in the capital’s Science Lab area on Monday morning again, barely a month after the two sides reached a verbal ‘peace agreement’ to end recurrent violence.Police said a chase and counter-chase took place between 8am and 11am follo...
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, will not be flown to London for the time being as her health has not improved sufficiently for travel.A member of her medical board, wishing anonymity, told UNB on Monday that Khaleda Zia’s recovery i...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday said the country is witnessing an abnormal situation due to the absence of democracy and a lack of accountable governance, warning that several plots are underway to undermine the democratic system and ensure its collapse.Speaking at the concluding sessio...
National
Begum Rokeya Day will be observed on Tuesday to commemorate the life and contributions of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a trailblazer in the fight for women’s rights and education in the Indian subcontinent.Born on December 9, 1880, at Pairaband village of Rangpur, Begum Rokeya passed away on...
National,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,City
Frustrated by prolonged gas shortages and ‘Titas Gas’s failure’ to provide any meaningful assurance, residents of Jatrabari on Monday staged protests, disrupting traffic on a key national highway.Residents of Shekdi area blocked parts of Dhaka–Chattogram Highway includi...
National,Healthcare
Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) warned of a rapidly worsening antimicrobial resistance (AMR) situation in the country, as its Microbiology and Immunology Department recorded alarming levels of drug resistance in major pathogens after analyzing 46,279 clinical samples over the past year.The findi...
More than 60% of Asia and the Pacific’s population—about 2.7 billion people—has been lifted from extreme water insecurity over the past 12 years, but these hard-won gains are threatened by accelerating environmental decline and a major financing gap, according to a new Asian Develo...
National,Business & Commerce
Issuing a warning, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder said strict action will be taken against those found involved in any irregularities in the ongoing Aman rice procurement drive.The procurement programme for the current Aman season has already begun and will continue until February 28. All concerned ...
Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan on Monday said that the biggest obstacle to implementing renewable energy projects in Bangladesh are officials working within the energy sector itself and businesses tied to fossil fuels.“We want a transition—from fossil fuels to renewable energy. But a m...
The Election Commission will meet President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on December 10.The President’s Office said the meeting has been scheduled for 12:30 pm on that day.According to the EC, the Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M. Nasir Uddin will visit Bangabhaban on...
National,Business & Commerce,Politics
Bangladesh’s persistent economic fragility cannot be overcome without establishing a genuine balance of power within society and dismantling a long-running ‘loot and plunder economy’ said Former Chairman of the Development Studies Department at Dhaka University, Professor Mahbubull...
The Consultations on Development Cooperation between the Government of Bangladesh and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany were held in Dhaka today at the Economic RelationsDivision (ERD) in the capital.The Bangladesh delegation was led by Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary of ERD, w...
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to declare the national election schedule soon, as it sent a letter to Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar to record the Chief Election Commissioner’s (CEC) address on Wednesday (December 10, 2025).EC Senior Secretary Akther Ahmed said the le...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday sought the Election Commission’s specific decision over the schedule announcement as ‘time is running out to arrange the polls before the upcoming Ramadan’.A Jamaat delegation, led by its Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar, held a meeting with C...
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